l'hitraot, irina....

The problem with studying in a place where there is not a set schedule and people can come and leave as they may is that people do just that, and leave before you would like to see them go. On December 23rd (this week in December, if not already evident, was a very full week, and every day demands its own post), Irina was to spend her final day with us, her nesher coming at 4 am between the 23rd and 24th. We all tried to spend every moment possible getting good quality bonding time, packing together and everything, and at 9:45 pm a lot of us all went down to café rimon to eat and schmooze with girl time, and had planned to after meet up with the guys for a drink before sending Irina off. Time seemed to speed up, and before we knew it, it was nearing midnight, her nesher was to come at 3:45, and she hadn’t finished packing, so we had to finish up at rimon and simply spend the walk back home with the boys. Around 1:30, we set ourselves back to packing (mainly I packed Irina, and Laneia, Tanya, Hayley and Sara helped clean up her room, while Irina started saying her goodbyes.) We were done by 2:30 am, and didn’t need to leave Mayanot to head over to the Levingers’ with her things until just after 3 (Irina had had some confusion with the nesher people, and they got pissed, refused to send her a car, so we had to fake a new person at a different address) so all of us collapsed in the lounge and took a short nap. Then Irina said more goodbyes, and Laneia, Irina and I started off with her luggage. Just after we got to the right address, Irina decided she needed the bathroom, and it was 3:30 am, so the only option was to go back to Mayanot—just after she left, however, the nesher called and said they would arrive in five minutes, and so I had to call her to come back (poor dear, she got lost coming back!! From two blocks away…) and before I knew it, she was packed away into the car and gone…and then there were three.